Plane Crash's Second Victim Is Identified

October 3, 2000|STAFF REPORTS

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Investigators have identified the second victim of Saturday's crash of an experimental plane at Opa-locka Airport.

Wayne Daniel was a passenger in the single-engine Knowles-Thorp KT-18 experimental plane that crashed shortly after takeoff. The pilot, John C. Tucker Jr., 57, also was killed when the plane slammed onto a grassy area next to a canal.

The crash is being investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board.